/*********************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Khan
 * <p>
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * <p>
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * <p>
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 ***************************************************************************/

package jxl;

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * A date cell
 */
public interface DateCell extends Cell {
    /**
     * Gets the date contained in this cell
     *
     * @return the cell contents
     */
    public Date getDate();

    /**
     * Indicates whether the date value contained in this cell refers to a date,
     * or merely a time
     *
     * @return TRUE if the value refers to a time
     */
    public boolean isTime();

    /**
     * Gets the DateFormat used to format the cell.  This will normally be
     * the format specified in the excel spreadsheet, but in the event of any
     * difficulty parsing this, it will revert to the default date/time format.
     *
     * @return the DateFormat object used to format the date in the original
     * excel cell
     */
    public DateFormat getDateFormat();
}
